All Stories from July 26, 2011 (Change date)
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Get used to stalematesJul 26, 2011 5:01 am - Leading up to the 2012 election, both political parties have trouble with their bases. Republicans must contend with The Dissatisfied, and Democrats with The Disappointe...
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Video gambling will be boon for townsJul 26, 2011 5:01 am - The Daily Herald’s recent editorial and news coverage on gaming failed to acknowledge the benefits of video gaming for Illinois, including how it will bring significant ...
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Moms teach lessons of perseverance in face of tragedyJul 26, 2011 5:01 am - The loss of a child is devastating, unimaginable. And if the death is violent, or senseless, it is that much harder to comprehend. One way some suburban mothers are deal...
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The education of Herman CainJul 26, 2011 5:01 am - Politics Rule No. 1: Never say what you really think, especially before you think. GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain learned this lesson hard and fast when he assert...
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Tea partyers holding the process hostageJul 26, 2011 5:01 am - There’s no one worse than a reformed drunk. Having spent a long time swimming in a bottle of gin, he will tell you all the evils of drink and why you should never touch ...
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A solution to moving American jobs overseasJul 26, 2011 5:01 am - The letter, “Tax breaks have led to job outsourcing,” in the July 16 Daily Herald, has it all wrong. Federal tax cuts have nothing to do with companies outsourcing jobs....
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Handling of Social Security is mob-likeJul 26, 2011 5:39 am - FDR introduced Social Security; participation was voluntary. It was put into an independent trust fund, not a general operating fund. LBJ moved it to a general fund dur...
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Who really runs the country?Jul 26, 2011 5:01 am - Picking up on the Michele Bachmann news story, I wonder how many feel as I do: The sitting president does not run the country. Mostly they are the front men anointed by ...
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‘Merry Wives’ heads West in Batavia showJul 26, 2011 3:16 pm - Submitted by Shakespeare on Clark Shakespeare on Clark will present “The Merry Wives of Windsor” opening July 29. Falstaff and his merry band of roughens ride into the t...
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Unusual arthritis a struggle for doctorJul 27, 2011 7:40 am - WASHINGTON — Dr. Sue Zieman can almost set her watch by her disease: Twice a day, she gets a fever and the already arthritic joints in her arms and hands, legs and feet ...